Ten-year fixed mortgage rates for loans emitted in Switzerland halved since 2022 peak according to online comparison platform Comparis; this relatively low level has led to strong demand, with 72% of those surveyed choosing a ten-year fixed-rate mortgage

An average of 185 people die every year while playing sport in Switzerland; most of the fatal sports accidents occur in mountain sports, followed by snow sports and water sports, according to latest report of the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention

Muriel Furrer, an 18-year-old Swiss cyclist, has died; she was competing in the women’s junior road race at the world championships in Zurich yesterday, when she was badly injured in a fall

The Swiss voted on reform of the occupational pension scheme and on a biodiversity initiative; neither proposal was accepted at the ballot box, and the text were rejected with 67% and 63% votes against, respectively

Several kilos of explosives intended for “loosening blasting for the purpose of rock removal” were stolen from a Federal Railways construction site in canton Basel; the Attorney General of Switzerland has opened criminal proceedings